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Stefano Mintchev is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Robotics at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. He completed his Ph.D. in Bioinspired Robotics at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy, in 2014. As a postdoc at EPFL, he explored design and manufacturing principles of morpho-functional drones. In 2018, he co-founded Foldaway Haptics, serving as CTO until 2020, when he joined ETH Zurich. Stefano and his team work at the nexus of robotics and environmental science, studying scalable robotic methods for environmental monitoring. Their innovations aim to provide critical measurements and insights across spatial and temporal scales essential for protecting, managing, and restoring Earth’s natural resources.